Sachs Bridge

Southwest of Gettysburg on Marsh creek lies Sach's covered bridge. Some say it's haunted but all I met were two tourists, two brothers fishing and one town police officer. I used 5 bracketed exposures merged in Aurora HDR Pro and finished my image in Photoshop CC.

Seriously Evil

Macro of this hornet took 18 images focus stacked in Zerene Stacker. Photo was then processed in Photoshop CC and Aurora HDR Pro. Iso 80, 1/500 @ f-8.

Lobelia (Lobelia Erinus Blue Carpet)

Pink Bee Balm

Hot Blossom

Jalapeño pepper blossom. Iso 80, 1/500th @ f-8.

Blazing Nasturtium

I like the way orange nasturtiums look like flames in their centers. The great detail and depth of field is from focus stacking 45 images and merging them together in Zerene Stacker. My image was then finished off in Aurora HDR Pro and Photoshop CC. Iso 80, 1/500th @ f-8.

Female lion and cub.

Glorious Glories

Wild white morning glory growing in our gardens.

Spider Nation

Macro image of a Spider showing it's many eyes. Interesting? or Creepy? You make the call.

Lion

Buffalo Zoo lion.

Coreopsis

Focus stacked sixty images for the top photo and twenty nine images to complete the bottom photo. Changed the background color and added a custom texture on the bottom image also. Coreopsis is a tiny flower usually measures about one half inch or smaller.

Russian Sage

Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia)

Prince at Rest

I used my Canon Powershot SX50 HS to zoom to about 2000mm ( 35mm Equivalent ) to get this close up look of the zoo's newest additions. The lions are approximately 85ft from the camera. The canon makes a great lightweight choice when you need a lot of reach from your lens. I still prefer this later edition to newer ones because of its incredible reach( macro to 4800mm), it shoots RAW, it has a hot shoe, and it flash syncs up to 1/800 of second. When I find another that meets those standards I will upgrade. Nikon is coming out with a Nikon DL with a 1 inch backlit sensor that I am very interested in for an upgrade.

Sleeping Prince

Lion cub sleeps the day away. Taken at the Buffalo Zoo.

Ageratum

An old fashion garden favorite is this tiny fairy ageratum. This macro was made from 22 images focus stacked in Zerene Stacker and finished with Aurora HDR Pro.

Eagle

Bald eagle profile.

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Hairy spider was lurking in my garage. I focus stacked 32 images in Zerene Stacker and finished the image in Aurora HDR Pro and Photoshop CC.

I changed the background color and used 44 focus stacked images and got a sharper, deeper image.

The Mill

The Wallace Cross Mill makes an interesting subject. I shot from a low vantage point so I could get the mill reflecting in the water.

Big Sky

This is a two image panorama I made while in central Pennsylvania.

Hotel cira 1880

The hotel Codorus overlooks the Codorus creek in York. I liked the way the evening sun illuminated the hanging flower baskets along the bridge on Market Street.

Bumble Bumble

Macro close up study of a bumblebee. Focus stacked 32 images in Zerene Stacker and finished off with Aurora HDR Pro.

Cross Mill Road

Early morning shot up the Cross Mill road.

Bumblebee

This bumblebee extracts nectar from a dandelion.

Chautauqua Lake

This is a four image panorama merged together in Photoshop CC and finished in Aurora HDR Pro. This image could have been so much stronger with a boat in the foreground. I was hoping the boat on the right would record larger and hold my composition but it was to far out and is lost in the image. By the way Macphun is coming out with a newer version of Aurora HDR Pro to be announced on September 15th.

Color Burst Clematis

Purple clematis altered in Photoshop CC with zoom blur tools.

The Lighthouse

I was trying to get a picture of Chautauqua Lake Lighthouse and the sky was totally bald and devoid of clouds. I noticed one small tiny fluffy cloud moving down the lake so I moved my position and waited so I could get this lone cloud in my image. I think it helped.

Lucille Ball Statue Controversy

Scary Lucy statue has been replaced with new Queen of Comedy Lucy statue. Lucille Ball Memorial Park, Celoron, NY.

Purple Clematis

Whats in my Garden?

Today it's Nasturtium - (Tropaeolum magus).

Garden Series

Marigold.

Mega Depth

This image is part of my " What's in my Garden? " series. Flower images have been done to death so I like to explore common flowers we see day in and day out from different prospectives and hopefully make an interesting image. This one is a macro of a rose of sharon. looking directly down at the flower I needed lots of Depth of field so I stacked 39 images to ensure sharpness from front to back to complete this image.

Erb's Mill Covered Bridge

Ploughed

Built in 1741, the Golden Plough Tavern is the oldest building in York City.

Little Garden Walk

Echinacea Close ups

Focus stacked some echinacea images to get the sharpest images possible.

Farm Community

The morning light on the metal barn caught my attention and I needed to get this image. I wasn't expecting to see such a modern looking barn in rural Pennsylvania.

Old Stone Mill

A different angle of Herr's Mill. The brown stones made a nice contrast against the bright green duck weed.

Station Break

A train conductor sits on a bench waiting for the signal to go.

Power Up

Nothing too spectacular about power lines, but I liked the dramatic clouds in this picture.

Thomas the Train

While we were at Strasburg Rail Road Station we took Wendy's grandson on the famous Thomas the Train ride. He totally had a blast and was super excited to see Thomas in person.

Strasburg Rail Road

Old time stream engine at Strasburg Rail Road Station.

Ye Ole Print Shop

Here's an image I made of the print shop used by the Cloister in Ephrata. One of the Society's outstanding contributions to its communities was the steady flow of books, broadsides, and tracts that rolled off its printing presses. I used 3 images merged together in Photoshop CC. Then processed in Aurora HDR Pro. I have been experimenting with blending Source Image > Custom Textures in this program with a vast array of colored and textured backgrounds I used in my portrait studio. I am happy with the effects I can achieve to give my work its own style and look. I will do a tutorial on that soon.

Niagara River Morning

Image of a very calm and reflective Niagara river. This is shot from the north west corner of Grand Island looking towards Niagara Falls. Part of a 30 mile bicycle ride I stopped at this overlook and snapped this image because I rarely see the river this calm.

Susquehanna High

A beautiful view of the Susquehanna river.